Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which rose 2.06% or 25.40 points to trade at 1,260.00 at the close. Polyus PJSC (MCX:) added 1.72% or 224.50 points to end at 13,253.00 and AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:) was up 1.44% or 0.22 points to 15.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:), which lost 3.18% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.51 in late trade. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:) declined 2.82% or 27.80 points to end at 957.80 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:) shed 2.35% or 4.97 points to 206.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 70 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 21.58% to 30.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.32% or 34.90 to $2,674.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.47% or 0.36 to hit $75.49 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.54 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.23% to 95.82, while EUR/RUB fell 1.27% to 104.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.72.
